Author: Clif Flynt
Publisher: Academic Press Professional/Morgan Kaufman [L1 ]
Publication date: December 1998 ISBN: 0122612051 Pages: 698 + CDROM Price: 49.95 US WWW book information: http://www.msen.com/~clif/RealProgrammer.html
This book is designed to be a general Tcl/Tk reference and tutorial for the experienced programmer. Introduces the syntax for most commands, and discusses how the commands can be used. Topics covered include namespaces, packages, building mega-widgets, writing extensions, extending the html library, an overview of existing tools and extensions, and tips for debugging and writing better Tcl code. There are "real world" chapters on-line [L2 ].
The CD-ROM includes a set of Tcl/Tk tutorials (to augment the tutorial information in the book), a set of chapters on real world Tcl/Tk applications, Tcl/Tk distributions for MS-Windows, Mac and Unix, extensions for MS-Windows, Mac and Unix, man pages in html, Tcl Engineering and Style guides, and a bit more.
Not a bad book from a tutorial point of view, but it has the worst index I've ever seen in a technical book. Totally useless for reference purposes.
Clif Flynt, Jan 17, 2001: I'm starting work on the second edition of "Tcl/Tk for Real Programmers", and I'd appreciate a note from anyone with comments pro or con about the book so I can address failings and maybe keep the good parts. [email protected]
LV: Sorry, but I still haven't had the privlege of using the first edition, so I don't know what to recommend.